Wed, May 10, 2006
No Joint Programs Underway At This Time
It's news to us... that's the
message NASA and Boeing sent out Wednesday, with both entities
denying they've been approached by Japanese space agency JAXA to
assist in developing a supersonic airliner.
"It`s my understanding there is no discussion on that at this
time with the Japanese," said NASA spokeswoman Melissa Mathews to
India's ZeeNews. Boeing spokeswoman Debbie Nomaguchi agreed, adding
the company was "not aware of any plan" to discuss the SST
project.
As Aero-News reported earlier this
week, the Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun
reported Sunday that JAXA -- weary of ongoing delays and snags with
its SST development program -- had reached out for international
help on the project, including to the two US entities.
Without naming its sources, Nihon Keizai added that NASA and
JAXA planned to launch a joint research program on developing the
fuel-efficient, low-noise SST in the coming months, with the
agencies then forming an aerospace consortium with Japanese
aircraft manufacturers and Boeing.
That conflicted slightly with statements by JAXA spokesman
Kiyotaka Yashiro, who told the Associated Press at the time that no
formal agreement had been reached with any organization as of
yet... but that "in the future, we think we need some kind of
cooperation with NASA."
Now, however... for the moment... it seems any talk of a joint
SST development program may be premature. Stay tuned.
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